(VOVWORLD) - UNDP highly appreciates Vietnam's initiative when it has registered with WHO to become one of the potential vaccine production centers for Vietnam and the region, said Caitlin Wiesen, UNDP chief in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) Central Committee held an online ceremony to celebrate Buddha’s 2565th birthday on Wednesday with a small gathering due to COVID-19.

(VOVWORLD) - B.1.617, the coronavirus variant first detected in India, has now been officially recorded in 53 countries and territories, a World Health Organization report showed on Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - May 31 is World No Tobacco Day and the WHO has set this year’s theme as “Commit to Quit”. With this message, the WHO is calling on countries to offer more services to quit smoking and encourage smokers to register.

(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is experiencing a funding shortage that is already hampering operations, its top emergency expert told health ministers on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) - Iran and several world powers on Tuesday began a fifth round of talks in Vienna to restore the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

(VOVWORLD) - US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a summit in Switzerland, on June 16, the White House and the Kremlin announced on Tuesday. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since Biden became president in January.

(VOVWORLD) - A military coup in Mali on Tuesday, accompanied by the arrest of the interim President, Prime Minister, and cabinet members, was strongly denounced by the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, and the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Mali. The US, France, Germany, the UK, and the European Union issued a joint statement condemning it.

(VOVWORLD) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is visiting the Middle East to try to restore negotiations to resolve the decades-long conflict between Israel and Palestine.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s tuna exports totaled nearly 230 million USD in the first four months of 2021, up 15% from the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).